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TIL Squirrels terminal velocity is so low they can fall from any height and survive

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VVRk TIL - The word for the dot in i & j has a name and is called - “Tittle”
NMJE TIL Muhammad Ali gave his first Olympic medal to a high school teacher who previously said “ you ain’t never gonna be nuthin’”
NXYBN TIL of the 1967 Mt McKinley Disaster. 7 climbers descended from the summit and experienced the worst conditions of any mountaineers on record. NPS models showed wind speeds of 300mph near the summit
awB6y TIL the last time a living Democratic president transferred the presidency to another Democrat was on March 4, 1857.
NX0RN TIL of RAS syndrome (RAS stands for "Redundant Acronym Syndrome" Syndrome ), which is the redundant use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym (or other initialisms) in conjunction with the abbreviated form. (EX: PIN number, ATM machine, chai tea)